Cisnădie

Cisnădie ( German Heltau, Transylvanian Saxon De Held, Hungarian Nagydisznód ) is one of the Germans ( Saxons ) town founded and for centuries the majority of Transylvanian Saxons lived in Transylvania, Romania.

Geography

Heltau located about 8 km southwest from the village nestled at the foot of the Southern Carpathians. Through the city flows two streams, the Pârâul Argintului ( Silver Creek ) and the Pârâul Ursului ( Bäresbach ).

History

Heltau was first documented in 1204. In 1425 Heltau received the first clock tower in Transylvania. In 1500, during a visit by King Władysław II, the city was granted market rights.

The period from the 15th to the 17th century was marked by numerous Turkish invasions, but also Wallachian attacks that caused widespread devastation. In 1660 there were 411 deaths during a plague epidemic.

Population

1734 settled about 125 Landler in Heltau. In 1941 Heltau had 5,385 inhabitants, of which 3,691 German. 1946 was the village of the town right. As early as the 1950s began the deportation of the Transylvanian Saxons in the Federal Republic of Germany, namely in the form of reunification of families whose husbands had been driven after the Second World War, or as a result of the deportation to Germany. In subsequent years this trend continued and reached its peak after the revolution of December 1989.

Economy and Social

Famous was the Heltauer textile industry, 1944, there were 176 large and small textile companies with a total of 36,850 spindles and 503 looms. In the 1990s the textile industry fell into a severe crisis, which has led to an increase in unemployment in Cisnădie.

Attractions

  • Fortified church, early 13th century
  • Museum of Textile Industry

Personalities

  • Johann Berg Head (1774-1843), a Protestant bishop in Transylvania
  • Caspar Helth, (c. 1520-1574 ), Protestant theologian, writer, publisher and reformer
  • Oskar Paulini (1904-1980), writer
  • Karin Gündisch (* 1948), writer
  • Birgit trowel (* 1975), journalist

Religion

In Heltau are out of the evangelical two Orthodox, Greek Catholic churches and two prayer houses several Protestant Free Churches.

Twin Cities

Cisnădie has partnerships with:

  • France Château- Thierry in France, since 1997
  • Germany Wernigerode in Saxony- Anhalt, since 2002
  • Ukraine Hola Prystan in the Ukraine, since 2006
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